Searching for a new country in Canada.

To BC or not to BC, that is the question.

There are those amongst us that are pretty riled at the prospect of British Columbia being a part of an independent West. Among the reasons heard are that there are too many differences, too many leftists, too many of “those” people. Of course there are the usual handles, granola crunchers, tree huggers, hippies, leftoids, etc, etc, etc. And those are the kind ones! Another comment I hear with regards to BC and an Independent West is, “Turn off the taps, that’ll teach’em.”

Really?

It would go without saying that it takes all kinds to make a country, to think otherwise would not only be narrow of thought but self defeating if one is truly serious about building a country. If a neighbour came up to you and asked to join you in an enterprise, do you think he would be as willing if he was greeted with, “First I have to teach you a lesson then I’ll watch you like a hawk you son of a —–.” I’m sure your neighbour would be a bit put off, right?

At present, there is much angst and commotion going on over the former Kinder Morgan pipeline, now owned by taxpayers. Lawsuits are flying and tempers are boiling to the point where the real issues and causes have been desiccated to “us and them”. So let’s look at what’s really going on, shall we?

To understand and get a real perspective on the friction between provinces and how this is meaningful to our ambitious project called independence, we have to look at the parts of the issue separately then as a whole.

Nationally, we have a government led by a Prime Minister that has been put in office through the machinations of outside money and dishonest representation in the media. He is reminiscent of Barack Obama, who got the Nobel Peace Prize for? And whose previous accomplishments were scant to say the least. Justin Trudeau was elected based on his name, nice hair and his ability to woo tourists and take selfies. A great amount of foreign capital went into demeaning Harper and promoting Trudeau, money that was funneled into the election via 3rd party advertising, much of which provided by individuals that stand to profit by stifling Canada’s energy sector. Trudeau is owned, period. As such he has the unenviable task of appearing to support the oil industry while actually destroying it.

Alberta made the unwise choice of electing an NDP government in order to show the Conservatives that they’d better watch out! It’s much like saying, “Look, I don’t want you to walk like you did before again so I’ll just break your legs…but I don’t really mean it.” Then everyone was aghast that an NDP government was in power! Make sense?

Now it worked out that Alberta committed hara-kiri just at the right time since Trudeau now had an ally in Edmonton that also needed to look like she cared but really hoped Trudeau would get his way and oil would be dead. But to be fair, the NDP is more like a willing accomplice than a paid hit man.

Now we get to British Columbia.

British Columbia took a page from the Alberta playbook and hoped to teach the rascals in power a lesson! So what did they do? Elected an NDP government. But wait, there’s more! Not to be outdone by Alberta, BC got a coalition government, how European!

And the coalition means that if John Horgan wants to sit in the Premier’s chair he has to do the bidding of the Greens. And so BC is essentially governed by a party holding 3 seats. My, how the masses have spoken!

And so my dear reader, we can see that although one might opt to vent about us and them, in fact it is a matter of us and us. There are so many similarities that it is simply remarkable. Can anyone dispute this?

To build a country we need to look ahead as one people. And this “one people” includes right, left, old, young, gay, straight, all the colours you can think of, religions of all sorts. All fighting for the common good, to become Western Canadians in a country where everyone is equal under the law, free from foreign interference and enjoying the benefits and responsibility of making life better for all.

It’s a tall order but I do think we’re up to it.

But achieving such a thing requires a start point. A point at which we show our neighbours that not only are we serious about independence, but that we talk the talk and walk the walk. If we don’t all we are doing is parroting the divisive doctrine of Trudeau and his ilk. And if that’s the way it is then we are doomed from the start.

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4 thoughts on “To BC or not to BC, that is the question.”

This sounds right . We want change but are afraid to make this step. This government both federal and provincial are so out of tune with the voters. I want a leader who is responsible to the voters not the lobbyists. Taking a bribe was a federal offense in a free democratic society. So why are we putting up with this? Will a new country solve this problem? Should we not try to fix the problems of Canada or create a new set of problems. Maybe the solution is to take back the country from the lobbyists who pay the bribes to the crooked politicians to impose laws and punishing taxes on a free and democratic people.

“Should we fix the problems in Canada or create a new set of problems.” The problems in Canada have existed for over 150 years and have been a glaring example of what NOT to do in a country. They will not be solved in the next 150 years because those in power, largely centred in the east, see no reason to change lest the gravy train be upset. Granted, if we try to reinvent the wheel using an old wheel, we’re in for trouble. But what if, while creating a new country, we make a much better wheel? We don’t want to merely replicate, we want to improve.

Foolish to think BC would support secession without the support of the left. Not so foolish to use this page not to secede but to boost conservative strength.
You should change the name to the not so polite vote conservative.
Try addressing the issues that covers all sides.. not just yours.

Thank you for your input. I value all input equally, good and bad. But please bear in mind that it is a personal blog, not an official party platform of any type. And to paraphrase an old quote, you can’t please all of the people all of the time. Thanks again! (Said politely).